Hot-metal car



E. J. REILLY HOT METAL GAR Get. 16, 3923.

Original Filed May 13, 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ullxll lus Oct. 16, 1923.

E. J. REILLY HOT.METAL CAR Original Filed May 13. 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 R O T. .V m

Oct. 16, 1923.

E. J- REILLY HOT METAL CAR Original Filed May 13. 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Get. 16, 1923.

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EDGAR a". REILLY, or YOUNGSTOWN, oiirc, iissrenoia r0 ri-inwittinni B, roLLooK Q COMPANY, or roune-srown, care, A cearjoanrron or. care,

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Continuation of application Serial No. 3-31,Q57, fi1ed May 13; 2.920.

. Serial no; 555,7?5.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, EDGAR J. RErLLY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing-at Youngstown, county 03f Mahoning, and

State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hot-h iietal Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description. v Y v The present invention relates broadly to cars or carriers for molten metal or other materials, and more particularly tocars ins tended for hot metal, cmders and thel1ke.

An important object of the present: invention is to provideacompactly designed car having both increased capacity and strength due to the provision of a containing cavity of novel design.

Inthe art of handling molten metal in cars be easily: charged and dischargedvan'd are adapted to maintain the metal against chilling. It Will be understood that the drawings are illustrative only and "that changes may be made in the construction and opera tion oi'the hotinetal cars illustrated With-j i out departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope ofmy broader clalms' Inthe draw1ngs, I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of hot metal car embodying the present-inven- Figure 2 is a side elevation of theconstruc- 'tion illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse section through the hot metal car; V Figure 4 is a section similarto Figure 3, illustrating a slightlymodified form of the invention Figure 5 is afside'elevation of still another form of hot metal car embodying the in- VGHtIOII; and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view through the construction illustrated in Figure 5. a I Y This inventlon provldes a carrier of large This application filed. April 20, .1922.

capacity for distributing hot metal from a blast furnace to therequired point of d1sposition about steel vorks or foundries, such as or for general storage or transfer purposes in metallurgical plants generally.

It, is desirable that carriers of this gen-v eral naturebe constructed as compactly as possible I Without interfering with the strength or capacity thereof. As" the car riers are frequently adapted to receive and transport as high as seventy-fiveOr more tons of material at a time, the importance of these features will be apparent. I have may be produced by constructing a container WlllCil is generally circular in transverse section ZLIKtWlllCll presents shapes ofsubstantially similar outline in every section includ- -ing the'longitudinal axis ot'the container,

in which thelast mentioned sections are of decreasing Width from the center of the -con tainer toward each end thereof. iiiet'errmg more partlcularly to Figures 1 to of thedrawings, there is illustrated a hot metal car construction comprising a con-v tainenhaving a main body portion 5 Which may consist of a suitable refractory-liningfi and an outerenclosing metal sheetor casing in order to provide a .construction ot tnerequired strength, the, body ofthe con tainer or the cavity therein may be so formed as to present sections which are substantially circularin any plane extending transversely oi? thecontamer.

tion, thereby insuring maximum strength.

may, further be insured by. providing a cav- This provides a container" which is curved .or arched in transverse sec mixers, pig casting machines, molds, etcl, i

found that allloif these desirable features ity Within the container of such shape that all ofthe sections including thelongitudinal ,axisyare ofsin ilar outline. It ill'be" apparent that these sectionsare of maximum Width at the central portionof the container, and of gradually decreasing WidthtoWard each end thereof.

The body 5 of the container may have sef cured thereto in any desired manner suitable trunnions 8 adapted to permit the container to be mounted on suitable trucks or sup- '7 entpouring openings l2,

i is illustra' lining 6 outline and of decre art. I

In the form of the container illustrated in the first three figures oi the drawings, there is provided a single discharge opening extending substantially the entire vvidth of the container and provided with oppositely disposed pouring lips 11. As illustrated in Fi ure 4, however,-1 may construct the container \vith'a plurality of independin some cases, each of the pouring openings may be provided With a suitable lip 13 over which the material may be discharged. 7

In Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings there ed a slightly modified form of the invention in 1th -h the main body 5 of the container compri is a substantially cylinrical enclosing Shelli with a refractory the conta ner may lining 6. The ends 9 oi be 'simi arly construct t.

in-the c0 1 all oi the transvers; s are substantially all longitn'l' tudinal. axis or The refractory so shaped that ions 1 therethr-ough in outline, While width from the lf'he ends of the may carry support rig trunnions ble construction.

the apparent thaln container o'l ruction embodies broadly the adcenter toward. either n i. container "vantageone'features already referred to alth ough present invention section permits the same to'be easily rotated mum strcr 'th in every position to p to enect discharge therefrom while insurine n'hich it may be rotated! I inalte no claim in this application to the I. specific shape of container shown in Figures 1 and 2, as this-particular shape of container forms the subject matter oi? lPatent No. 1,

ii-38,651, granted to Alfred (3; Nelson "and filedMay 13, 1920, Serial No. 381,Q57.

ports in accordance with the practice in this the sections including the longi-' tudinal ax s are, not entirely bounded by of a container of V Reilly on December 12, 1922, on an applicatlon' :I claim}:

l. A hot metal car, comprising a container having a cavity circular in every transverse section therethrough, and presenting shapes of substantially similar outline in every ection including its longitudinal axis, said lastinentioned sections all being of decreasing Width from the center toward each end thereof, substantially as described.

2. A hot metal car, comprising a rotatable container having its transverse axis of greatest length at its central'portion and intersecting the axis of rotation, said container havingits interior Wall arched both transversely and longitudinally and being substantially symmetrical on both sides of either transverse or the longitudinal axis, substantially as described.

A hot metal car, comprising an elongated container rotatable abouta longitudinal axis oi? greater length than its transth e verse axis,'said container presenting arched \v-alls defining every section either trans versely or longitudinally therethrough, and

being substantially symmetrical on both sides of either of saidaxes, substantially as tudinal axis also at its central portion and intersecting said first named axis, said containerbeing rotatable about a longitudinal axis, said transverse axis and said inajor' longitudinal axis both decreasingin length in every section displaced with respect to said transverse or longitudinal central portions respectively, substantially as described. 6. A hot metal car, comprising a rotatable container having its transverse axis at its central portion, and having its major longitudinal axis also at its central portion and intersecting said first named axis, one of said axes forming the axis of revolution of said containensaid axes decreasingin length in every section displaced With'respect to said transverse or longitudinal central portions respectively, substantially as described.

In. testimony whereofI have hereunto set In hand. V i EDGAR J. REILLY; 

